Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun yesterday said the Homeowners’ Charter has been improved tremendously to make issuance of Certificate of Occupancy and other land documents seamless to ensure qualified applicants get their documents before his tenure ends.
The governor, who spoke while presenting land title documents to 500 beneficiaries at Oba’s Complex Auditorium, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, said thousands have benefited in the last three months.
Amosun, represented by the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Abiola Kufile-Okonji, said the scheme was getting better.
I believe this programme has surprised some doubting minds, who thought it will not go far after it commenced in 2013, but we are moving forward, waxing stronger and better. Other successful applicants will soon get their C of O and building plan approval,’’ he said.
In his remarks, Special Adviser/ Director- General, Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr. Biyi Ismail said property of participants under the scheme have now enhanced as ‘’they now have authentic title documents, which confirm their ownership of such landed property as well as making them marketable’’ .
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Urban and Physical Planning Mrs. Yetunde Dina congratulated applicants, asking those who failed to apply for the scheme initially to go through the normal process.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr. Olaleye Alli Omotosho said the Senator Amosun-led administration had done well with the Ogun Homeowners’ Charter Programme, enjoining government to come up with more people-oriented policies.